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H. B. HART.

OIL CAN.

Patented Feb. 3, 1885.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,488, dated February 3, 1885.

Application filed Octoln r 31, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRIE B. HART, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto that class of oilcans adapted to be carried in the pocket, and especially intended for use by bicyclers; and my invention consists in providing the spout of the can with a detachable screwstopper, and in connecting the latter loosely to a rigid link hinged to the spout, so that the stopper maybe carried to and from and applied to and detached from the spout without being disconnected wholly from the latter.

in the drawings, Figure l isaseotional view of an oil-can illustrating my improvement, and Fig. 2 is an end view.

The body A of the can is made of any suitable material and of any desirable shape. As shown it is a circular flat metallic receptacle, so as to constitute a convenient article for the pocket when it is necessary to carry the same about the person.

The spout of the can is a long, slender, tapering tube, so as to permit the oil to be readily applied to parts difiicult of access, the spout being connected to the body by an ordinary screw-connection, a thumb-flange, a, facilitating its application and detachment.

The stopper consists of a metallic cap, 0, having a threaded socket, adapted to receive the threaded upper end of the spout and to be screwed thereon until the end of the spout is sealed by contact with the end of the socket.

In order to prevent the loss of the stopper and at the same time to permit its ready detachment and application to the spout, 1 connect the two by means of a hingeconnection. Thus a perforated lug or eye, b, upon the disk or flange a receives the transverse portion of a wire link, D, the outer end of which is bent to form a ring, c, encircling the body of the stopper Obetween two annular flanges, t, which are so far apart as to permit a limited play of the stopper. The link D constitutes a rigid jointed connection between the stopper and the spout, so that the stopper (No model.)

may be swung back and forth and carried from and brought over the end of the spout, and the flanges i, while retaining the stopper in connection with the link, permit its free vertical movement and rotation sufiicient to allow it to be carried above or screwed down onto the end of the spout.

Heretofore in this class of articles'it has been common to connect the stopper and the spout by means of a chain, which, while permitting the proper adjustment of the parts and holding them together, is objectionable, from the fact that it is apt to become wound around the spout or to kink or knot so as to interfere with the detachment of the stopper. The stopper has also been held by a bail extending downward on two sides of the stopper and secured by buttons passing through slots in the ends of the bail and into the body of the spent, so as to permit the bail to slide upon said but-tons; but my invention is distinguished from this by the fact that the link D is hinged at the lower end, while the stop per 0 slides in a ring at the upper end of the link. A single link at one side thus secures the requisite play and connection while avoiding the loose support at the lower end,which results when the slotted bail is used.

Although I have shown the link as consisting of wire, it may be a rigid plate having a ring at the upper end and hinged at the lower end to the edge of the disk or flange a.

I claim--- The combination, with a spout of an oil-can having a disk or flange, c, at its base, of a screw stopper having a threaded socket adapted to the threaded end of the spout, the said stopper having flanges at its upper and lower edges, and a rigid link pivoted at the lower end to the flange c, and provided at its upper end with a ring encircling the stopper between the flanges and permitting the latter to slide therein to a limited extent, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EAR-HIE B. HART.

WVitnesses:

WALTER S. GIBsQN, WM. N. BEDDING. 

